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Name/TitlePardon of convict William Cliffe, Hobart, 15 November 1847

About this objectPardon of convict William Cliffe, Hobart (TAS), 15 November 1847, by Sir William Thomas Denison, Lieutenant-General of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)

Inscribed on image centre: "VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, / No. 813 / To all to whom these presents shall come, I, SIR WILLIAM THOMAS DENISON, Knight, Captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers, Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Van Diemen's Land and its Dependencies, send Greeting. / WHEREAS William Cliffe was tried at Rutland in the year 18 (blank space) and arrived in this Island in the year 1821 under sentence of Transportation for life AND WHEREAS Her Majesty hath been pleased to signify to me Her approval, through one of Her Principal Secretaries of State, of a Pardon being granted to the said William Cliffe upon condition he shall not during the said period for which the said sentence was pronounced return to or be found within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. NOW THEREFORE I the said SIR WILLIAM THOMAS DENISON, in pursuance of the instructions to me in that behalf given and sent by the Secretary of State, and of the Act of Parliament, intituled "An Act to amend the Law affecting transported Convicts with respect to Pardons and Tickets-of-Leave, by this instrument in writing under the Seal of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land, grant to the said William Cliffe a Pardon, upon the condition he shall not during the said period for which the said sentence was pronounced return to or be found within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as aforesaid. / Signed by the Comptroller-General / REGISTER B. FOLIO 23 / In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my Hand, and caused the Seal of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land to be hereunto affixed, at Hobart Town in Van Diemen's Land, this fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. / W T Denison Lieutenant-Governor.

MakerDenison, Sir William Thomas

Maker RoleCreator

Inscription and MarksAffixed to bottom left corner of image is the Seal of the Colony of Van Diemen's Land.
Inscribed in black pen on verso: "Convict Pardon"

Measurements5.1 x 8.3 cm (image)
24.6 x 20.7 (mount)

Period1840-1850

Object TypePhotograph

Subject and Association KeywordsHobart (Tas.)

Subject and Association KeywordsConvicts

Named CollectionImages collection

Object numberABR-28.1

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